Heated flight attendant jumpseats for commercial airplane applications

Abstract

The disclosure provides systems and methods for a heating system with a seat having a first heating element, a floor heating panel located at least partially under the seat, and a controller operatively coupled to the first heating element and the floor heating panel and configured to implement control logic that receives at least one input and thereby control the first heating element and the floor heating panel.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A heating system comprising:
 a stowable seat having a first heating element; 
 a floor heating panel located at least partially under the seat when the seat is unstowed; and 
 a controller operatively coupled to the first heating element and the floor heating panel and configured to implement control logic that receives at least one input including an air-ground signal received from an aircraft landing gear and energizes the first heating element and the floor heating panel when the air-ground signal indicates that the aircraft is airborne. 
 
     
     
       2. The heating system of  claim 1 ,
 the at least one input further including an input indicative of an environmental control system parameter for the aircraft. 
 
     
     
       3. The heating system of  claim 2  wherein the input indicative of an environmental control system parameter comprises an indication of the status of an aircraft air conditioning packs. 
     
     
       4. The heating system of  claim 1 , the at least one input further including an input indicative of a temperature of the stowable seat. 
     
     
       5. The heating system of  claim 1 ,
 the at least one input further including an input indicative of ambient temperature of the aircraft. 
 
     
     
       6. A method of making a heating system comprising:
 coupling a stowable seat into a vehicle, the seat having a first heating element; 
 coupling a floor heating panel into the vehicle, the floor heating panel being located at least partially under the seat when the seat is unstowed; and 
 coupling a controller into the vehicle, the controller operatively coupled to the first heating element and the floor heating panel and configured to implement control logic that receives at least one input indicative of an air-ground signal received from a vehicle landing gear and energizes the first heating element and the floor heating panel when the air-ground signal indicates that the vehicle is airborne; 
 coupling a relay to the vehicle, the at least one input including an input from the relay indicative of the air-ground signal indicating that the vehicle is airborne. 
 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 6  further comprising:
 coupling an environmental control system sensor to the vehicle, the at least one input further including an input indicative of an environmental control system parameter for the vehicle. 
 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 7  wherein the input indicative of an environmental control system parameter comprises an indication of the status of a vehicle air conditioning packs. 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 6  further comprising:
 coupling a temperature sensor to the seat, the at least one input further including an input indicative of a temperature of the seat. 
 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 6  further comprising:
 coupling an ambient temperature sensor to the vehicle, the at least one input further including an input indicative of ambient temperature of the vehicle. 
 
     
     
       11. A method comprising:
 receiving an air-ground signal indicating an in-air mode which indicates a vehicle is airborne from a landing gear of the vehicle; and 
 energizing a first heating element in a stowable seat in response to the air-ground signal indicating the in-air-mode which indicates the vehicle is airborne; and 
 energizing a floor heating panel located, when the seat is unstowed, at least partially under the seat, in response to the air-ground signal indicating the in-air mode which indicates the vehicle is airborne. 
 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising receiving an input indicative of an environmental control system parameter for the vehicle, wherein energizing the first heating element and energizing the floor heating panel is further based on the input indicative of the environmental control system parameter. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 12 , wherein the input indicative of the environmental control system parameter comprises an indication of the status of an air conditioning pack. 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising receiving an input indicative of a temperature of the seat, wherein energizing the first heating element and energizing the floor heating panel is further based on the input indicative of the temperature of the stowable seat. 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising receiving an input indicative of ambient temperature of the vehicle, wherein energizing the first heating element and energizing the floor heating panel the stowable seat is further based on the input indicative of the ambient temperature of the vehicle.